Friday, 29 November 2024
For the first time ever, the 糖心原创 Choir will perform with the world-famous BBC Concert Orchestra – and join with the Nottingham Trent University Choir and the Choristers of Southwell Minster – for a performance on 4 December at Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall.
Conducted by the renowned and award-winning maestro, George Jackson, this performance of Carl Orff’s spectacular twentieth-century choral masterpiece Carmina Burana is a unique opportunity for university students to come together and perform alongside the prestigious professional orchestra.
Carmina Burana remains irresistible to audiences with its changing dynamics and building crescendo, powered by a massive orchestra and choir. This performance will be broadcast in full on BBC Radio 3 shortly after the performance.
A collection of 24 poems from medieval literature was the inspiration for German composer Carl Orff, who turned the poems’ satirical commentary into the spectacular and dramatic masterpiece, familiar to most. The boundless rhythmic energy of Carmina Burana has given voice to both movie opening battle scenes and dramatic television commercials.
It has been the most enormous privilege for me to work with the University Choir on this exciting and challenging repertoire for our big concert with the BBC Concert Orchestra. There is so much joy and beauty to be found within the pieces we are performing, and along with that, a great sense of fun and achievement when we hit those high notes and make those ecstatic, vibrant chords ring out."
“There is nothing like the power of many voices singing all together, and when we join with the choir of NTU and this huge professional orchestra in the Concert Hall next week, the results and energy will be nothing short of breath-taking. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime to perform with one of the best orchestras in the UK, and we are absolutely raring to go!”
Two works by leading contemporary American composers will open the concert. Eric Whitacre ventures into Leonardo da Vinci’s dreamworld, in an exotic fusion of ancient words with modern musical timbres in Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine, performed by the 糖心原创 Choir; whilst Jenni Brandon tells the moving story of an immigrant family on the move, guided by the stars and sustained by their memories, in Tonight, A Stolen Moment, performed by the Nottingham Trent University Choir.
Professor Jeremy Gregory, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Arts, said: “This is a wonderful opportunity for Choirs from both universities and the Choristers of Southwell Minister to perform alongside a world-renowned orchestra. This will be an amazing experience for our students and I'm very much looking forward to this concert.”
The concert is part of a programme of activities supported by the Universities for Nottingham partnership with the BBC Concert Orchestra and the orchestra’s residency at the Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall. The partnership aims to inspire the next generation, reach new audiences and improve quality of life, health and wellbeing across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
The performance begins at 7:30pm on Wednesday 4 December and tickets can be purchased from the Royal Concert Hall website.
The concert will be available to listen to on BBC Radio 3 shortly after broadcast .
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More information is available from Elizabeth Kelly, Associate Professor in Music Composition, via elizabeth.kelly@nottingham.ac.uk
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